Comments on: Burnout

By: Blue Kae

Blue Kae — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 21:42:25 +0000

I just don’t get how you can hate a game and not quit it. I can barely bring myself to do things I have to do that I don’t want to do (work, mowing the lawn, taxes), there’s no imaginable set of circumstances that would make me play a game I didn’t enjoy.

By: openedge1

openedge1 — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:27:59 +0000

It was LOTRO….’nuff said.

I think LOTRO is like cigarettes for some people. They taste horrible, and you keep spending money due to the addiction.

But truly, they keep sending me those “come back” notices, but I just do not feel like ever stepping into that game anymore.

It seems to cause a malaise in players I have not seen before.

He really needs to let it go, because the addiction wears off eventually…cold turkey works.

By: Julian

Julian — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:27:35 +0000

Well, we know he hates it and we can kinda infer why he keeps logging in, because we’ve all been there. The more interesting question would be why he hates it, not why he “can’t” quit.

We all know the answer to why he can’t quit, don’t we? C’mon. We can be frank. We’re all friends here. :)

By: Bonedead

Bonedead — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:50:15 +0000

All things are best in moderation, somethin like that?

By: Oakstout

Oakstout — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 01:24:57 +0000

It’s always hard to /quit your first MMO. I had a very difficult time leaving EQ back in the day. All my friends played and it felt like I was abandoning them as well as my characters. Eventually, I got over it and realized it’s just a bunch of code and friends, well, friends last forever.

I don’t have any problem now leaving a game, but I can see the difficulty in leaving your first.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:51:21 +0000

Zubon, people usually get paid for jobs, though, not pay for the right to have one. *shrug*

By: Rog

Rog — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:36:57 +0000

I suspect it’s the social aspect that’s keeping him in, those are the ties that are hard to break. Note that Facebook is now the media’s current pet for addiction stories.

I stuck with WoW for months after I’d burned out on it, just because that’s where my friends were. I use MSN Messenger (or whatever they’re calling it this week) because of my friends list, but I’m still astonished at how badly bloated IM software is.

Given that he’s a guild / kinship leader, he’s probably even more socially bound than most.

By: Khai Mann

Khai Mann — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:31:35 +0000

That guy must be mad…. Gaming should be fun. If there is no fun then you should quit.

I play LOTRO and EVE, but when the game stars to suck I just leave.

By: Lars

Lars — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:17:00 +0000

Yeah, that really doesn’t sound healthy. I can understand the feeling though. I’ve reached the point where I wasn’t enjoying a game but realized I felt compelled to log on, and at those points I quit. After a good break from the game, I usually enjoy it more. Or I found another game I enjoyed more. Either way, like mbp says, quitting isn’t hard at all. You feel compelled to log back on for a few days, or maybe a week, but after that, you forget why you even cared. As it should be; it’s just a game after all.

By: Moondog

Moondog — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:45:42 +0000

Your kin leader is a crazy person. That’s ok, it happens.